Nicole Burgess is a licensed psychotherapist and Leadership & Empowerment Coach to passionate high achieving professional women do what they love without sacrificing their personal life.
She has been a psychotherapist for over 15 years and is now coaching introverted female entrepreneurs in ending the overwhelmed and stressed out cycle, improving self-confidence, and loving who they are as a powerful woman.
In this episode:
- Susan Cain’s book Quiet and chapter on Leadership
- Various articles in Inc, Entrepreneur, and Forbes magazines on strength of introverts as leaders
- My definition of leaders:
- Guides, mentors, coachs, and challenges a person,
- has healthy ego strength,
- celebrates when a person they mentor or coach excels and moves on,
- is humble,
- good listener,
- takes actions,
- and comfortable with the unknown
- It is not about competition because I believe there is more than enough to go around
- Highly sensitive persons traits (ep 9)
- DOES-depth of processing, overarousability, emotional intensity, and sensory sensitivity
- Observe the subtle things (in the person, environment) etc.-not your job to rush in a rescue person-notice, observe, ask
- Power of Empathy
- Reflect back what you heard and observed
- Introverts characteristics that make great leadership skills observe, are curious, learn through listening
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and definition of introversion
- Willingness to be vulnerable and go deep with people
- Being seen and how that comes into leadership (ep68)
- Thoroughly explore problems and not getting stuck in perfectionism
- Brene Brown’s Dare to Lead book and discussion on Daring Leadership
- Build deeper connections thru relationships
- John Maxwell’s book Leader shift
- Your values, leading through example, foster autonomy, celebrate accomplishments
- Living intentionally
- Wanting to improve your leaderships skills-explore limiting beliefs (ep 17) and in midlife unraveling (ep 23)
- Introverted leaders:
- Susan Cain
- Mother Theresa
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Brene Brown
- Dr. Elaine Aron
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